14 Monday 26th March, 2012 Western and NZ 65-0 at stumps Central qualify for Women’s T-20 final after Petersen, Central Province, in a thrilling match recorded a two win over North Central Province to qualify for the final of the women’s Inter- Duminy centuries Provincial T-20 Tournament. The match was played at Havelock Road, on Sunday. After North Central made 80 runs, Central Province reached the for Safs target with two balls to spare. Brief Scores: BY STEVE MCMORRAN North Central Province 80 for 9 wkts in 20 overs (Chamari Atapattu 20, WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Alviro Maduri Samuddika 23; Sripali Petersen batted more than eight hours over three weather- Weerakkody 2/16, Priyangika Kumari affected days to reach his highest test score of 156, tighten- ing ’s grip on the third test against New 2/15) Zealand by stumps on its third day. Central Province 81 for 8 wkts in Petersen’s 493-minute knock, which incorporated part- 19.4 overs (Chamari Polgampola 21, nerships of 93 with Hashim Amla (63) and 200 with J.P. Dilani Manodara 20; Hansima Duminy (103), allowed South Africa to declare after tea Karunarathne 2/17) Sunday at 474-9 after a first innings drawn out by rain and …….. bad light. Western Province overcome At the declaration, South Africa’s position seemed invulnerable in a three-match series it leads 1-0. Combined Provinces But Mark Gillespie led a late Kiwi fightback, taking a Western Province continued their career-best 6-113 while Daniel Flynn (35) and Martin unbeaten run as they qualified for the Guptill (28) saw New Zealand to 65 without loss by stumps. final of the Women’s Inter-Provincial The 32-year-old Gillespie followed up his 5-59 in the sec- T-20 Tournament, when they beat ond test at Hamilton with his third haul of five or Combined Provinces by five wickets in more in a test, further endorsing the selectors’ decision to the semi-final played at Havelock recall him after a four year absence. Flynn, who was recalled for this test after last playing Road, on Sunday. for New Zealand in December, 2009, also rewarded that J. P. Duminy (L) and Alviro Petersen scored cen- Combined Provinces, put into bat, decision when, with Guptill, he defied South Africa’s pow- turies for South Africa. lost wickets at regular intervals and erful pace attack for 107 minutes before stumps. managed just 72 with Sherian South Africa remains in a position from which it is Ravikumar and Shashikala highly unlikely to lose the match and therefore to take out SCOREBOARD Siriwardana sharing five wickets the series 1-0 after winning the second test by nine wick- between. Western Province reached ets. For that, they owe a great deal to Petersen who South Africa, 1st Innings 106-1 (1w), Mark Gillespie 33.4-7-113-6 (2w,3nb), Daniel the target with 14 balls to spare. anchored their innings over the best part of three days in (Overnight: 246 for two) Vettori 42-11-98-0, Dean Brownlie 2-0-20-0, Kane Brief Scores: a major feat of concentration. Williamson 13-1-35-0 He batted through the 42 overs bowled between a rain- Graeme Smith c van Wyk b Bracewell 5 New Zealand, 1st Innings Combined Provinces 72 for 9 wkts delayed start and a finish hastened by bad light on the first Alviro Petersen lbw b Martin 156 Daniel Flynn not out 35 in 20 overs (Sanduni Abeywickrema day.He batted on through all of the 37 overs allowed by Hashim Amla c van Wyk b Gillespie 63 Martin Guptill not out 28 20, Niluka Karunaratne 14; Sherina rain and bad light on the second day. J.P. Duminy c Taylor b Gillespie 103 Extras: (1lb, 1nb) 2 Ravikumar 3/22, Shashikala And he batted through all of the first session on A.B. de Villiers b Martin 38 TOTAL: (Without loss) 65 Siriwardana 2/05) Sunday, completing his third test century and surpassing c van Wyk b Gillespie 11 Overs: 25 his previous-highest test score of 109 before falling four Western Province 73 for 5 wkts in balls after lunch. In total, his innings last 8 hours, 13 min- c Williamson b Gillespie 46 Still to bat: Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Kane 17.4 overs (Inoka Galagedara 25, utes; he faced 335 balls — the equivalent of more than 56 Dale Steyn c Guptill b Gillespie 0 Williamson, Dean Brownlie, Kruger van Wyk, Daniel Shashikala Siriwardana 18; Nilika overs — and he hit 19 fours and a six. Vernon Philander c Flynn b Gillespie 29 Vettori, Doug Bracewell, Mark Gillespie, Chris Martin Karunaratne 2/12) (RS) “It is satisfying,” Petersen said. “As a batsman you Morne Morkel not out 10 Bowling: Dale Steyn 7-3-11-0, Vernon Philander 6-0-30- always like to get some more but I’m pretty happy with Extras (6b, 1lb, 3w, 3nb) 13 0 (1nb), Morne Morkel 6-3-6-0, Marchant de Lange 4-0- 150. TOTAL (For nine wickets decl.) 474 14-0, J.P. Duminy 2-0-3-0 “I was a bit under pressure coming into this game not Overs: 148.4 Toss: Won by New Zealand Relieved after 100th having scored runs in the series so I’m satisfied with the Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-106, 3-306, 4-362, 5-381, 6-387, Umpires: Aleem Dar, Pakistan, and Richard way it’s gone.” 7-404, 8-459, 9-474 Kettleborough, England ton,Tendulkar Petersen said all three of his test centuries have been Did not bat: Marchant de Lange TV Umpire: Billy Doctrove, West Indies special: his first at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and his sec- Bowling: Chris Martin 28-5-95-2, Doug Bracewell 30-3- Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle, Sri Lanka. will go on ond at Newlands in Cape Town. MUMBAI, India (AP) — India batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday dismissed speculation of an imminent retirement while conceding that the Judah stops Paris pressure of chasing an unprecedented Ronaldo fastest to 100 league 100th international century had in 9th round unnerved him. “No one can tell me when to retire NEW YORK (AP) — Zab Judah stopped Vernon goals in Spain because those advising me about Paris at 2:27 of the ninth round on Saturday in an retirement did not bring me into the team,” Tendulkar said at a function to IBF Junior Welterweight elimination fight. BY JOSEPH WILSON Messi’s rebound off the post in the record for the fastest player to reach commemorate his century of cen- Judah dominated the fight with a methodical BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — 79th to seal the victory. 100 goals after doing so in 105 matches turies. “I will decide when to retire.” punching style. He finally finished off Paris (26-1) by Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest “It was an important win in the 1960s. Ronaldo needed 92 games player to reach 100 goals in the that will permit us to pre- to score 101. There had been speculation that getting him into a corner and unleashing about 15 Spanish league by scoring a brace to pare well for our Ronaldo and Messi are tied with 35 Tendulkar would announce his retire- unanswered punches. help leader Real Madrid rebound from Champions League goals each this season in the Spanish ment, at least from one-dayers, after “My team put in a great game plan for me,” consecutive draws with a 5-1 rout of game against AC league. With nine games to go, the duo reaching the milestone, particularly as Judah said. “I just executed.” Real Sociedad on Saturday. Milan,” said coach are closing in on Ronaldo’s he had been limiting his participation When the fight was stopped, Judah was winning Gonzalo Higuain scored before Pep Guardiola, league record of 40 goals in the 50-over format for two years. on the judges’ scorecards by scores of 80-72 and 79-73. both Ronaldo and Karim Benzema hit whose from last season. Tendulkar, who was stuck on 99 After finishing Paris off, Judah ran to each cor- doubles as Madrid showed no signs of Barcelona vis- Madrid faced the centuries since last year’s World Cup, missing the guiding hand of suspend- its Italy on game at Santiago scored 114 in the Asia Cup against ner and climbed the ropes in triumph to face his Wednesday.“I Bernabeu Stadium ed coach Jose Mourinho. Bangladesh for his 49th ODI century adoring Brooklyn fans. am satisfied. without Mourinho, Madrid stayed six points clear at earlier this month, adding to his 51 in “I feel like I was fighting for my home turf the top of table following 10-man At the end, our defender Pepe, mid- tests. again,” Judah said. “My thing was to not go in there Barcelona’s 2-0 victory at Mallorca will, effort and fielders Mesut Oezil, “It was a tough phase (going for and get wild. I wanted to dictate the pace. He was where Lionel Messi netted his 55th not looking for all serving suspen- more than a year without a century) looking to slip and throw some overhand wild shots goal of the season in all competi- excuses allowed us sions for losing their to pull out the win.” nerves in the ill-tem- and there were times when I did not to just try and catch me and that wasn’t going to tions. Messi, who broke Madrid great Ferenc pered ending to the 1-1 bat up to my expectations. But I never work.” Barcelona’s all-time scoring Puskas formerly held the draw at Villarreal on lost hope. Remember, I also waited for Fighting in his native Brooklyn for the first time record on Wednesday, netted Wednesday. 22 years to win the World Cup. When I as a professional, Judah improved to 42-7 and record- from a poorly defended free finally got the century, I asked God ed his 29th career knockout. Among those defeats is kick to become the first play- what I had done wrong, why did it last July’s disappointing fifth-round knockout er in a top-level European take so long?” he said. against Amir Khan, with whom he may get a league to score 55 goals in a “I don’t play for records and I don’t rematch against. season since Sporting know if my record will be broken and Lisbon’s Mario Jardel in 2002. Khan will fight Lamont Peterson on May 19 and when. I only hope it is an Indian bats- Barcelona’s Thiago Alcantara man who does it,” said Tendulkar, who the winner of that light welterweight championship received his second booking in the fight would likely battle Judah, who is a former five- Cristiano Ronaldo holds most major records 56th, but Gerard Pique volleyed in including most runs in tests (15,470 time champion. One of those belts was a light wel- from 188) and one-day internationals terweight, which was earned by beating Micky Ward (18,426 from 463) and most centuries in in 1998. Fiji beats New Zealand for HK Sevens title either format. Judah walked into the ring with a determined Tendulkar is also the first batsman stare and paced from one corner to the other corner HONG KONG (AP) — Waisea after six of nine tournaments. The Visinia scored early first-half tries to score a double-century in one-day- while waiting for the fight to begin. He then turned Nayacalevu’s second try of the New Zealanders have 111 points, Fiji to lead New Zealand to a 19-12 win ers. His record score of 200 not out that determined look into an excellent performance, match with two minutes left gave 109 and third-place South Africa, over South Africa in the semifinals, against South Africa at Gwalior in Fiji a 35-28 win over defending which came third in Hong Kong, 93. while Fiji beat England 14-7. and showed he wasn’t flustered by Paris’ expletive- 2010 was only recently broken by com- champion New Zealand in the final Branco du Preez scored a try and In the quarterfinals, England filled trash talking. patriot Virender Sehwag, who of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby kicked four conversions for 13 scored a late try to beat Australia 19- smashed 219 against the West Indies at Paris’ banter in the ring was a continuation from tournament. points in South Africa’s 28-0 win 14 and Fiji defeated Argentina 26-7, Indore. a news conference on Thursday when he said that The win moved Fiji to within over England in the third-place while South Africa ended Samoa’s “I don’t need to prove anything to Judah was washed up and merely fighting for pay- two points of leader New Zealand in match. unbeaten run with a 27-14 win and anyone. I only enjoy playing the sport days. the overall IRB sevens world series Earlier, Jack Wilson and Lolagi New Zealand defeated Wales 31-7. as I have the passion and love for the game. My focus will always be only on enjoying the game. I always dreamed of being regarded as one of the top Night play at Wimbledon likely for Olympic tennis players of the game and when you reach there, you want to be right there ment, five matches per day are planned on one session lasted until 3:35 a.m. A local Former Wimbledon champion Maria BY STEVEN WINE with the group,” he said. Centre Court beginning at 11:30 a.m., ordinance in Wimbledon prohibits play Sharapova won a match with the roof Tendulkar said his priority would Turn on the lights, Wimbledon. The meaning some sessions will probably after 11 p.m. closed in 2011, and she said it alters the be test and that he will always Olympics are coming. extend beyond dusk. “We will not stop a match in the middle game. Some tennis matches during the If so, the Centre Court lights will be of a service motion,” Margets said with a “It’s a bit of a different vibe,” she said. cherish the fact that Sir Donald London Games are likely to be played turned on, which requires closing the roof. laugh. “But there is a limit. If by 11 it’s “The sound is completely different. You Bradman picked him in his all-time under the lights and under the roof on The change, made at the discretion of the not over, we’ll go to the next day.” hear the atmosphere much more obvious- test XI. Centre Court at Wimbledon, the venue for referee, may take place during a match. Matches won’t start after 9 p.m., he ly than when the roof is open. And hitting “There has to be more importance the event. The English weather could also push said. the ball, even when it hits the grass, it’s to . This format is very “There will not be a night session, but play past the early evening. Centre Court has had a roof since the different.” challenging for which you need plan- the matches may go into nighttime,” said “We have to assume there’s going to be 2009 tournament. The roof was closed Nonetheless, she’s fine with playing ning. You need to play at a different Juan Margets, executive vice president of some rain, right?” Margets said. because of rain once in 2009 and not at all late under the lights. pace at different times. If you ask any the International Tennis Federation. However, there will be no repeat of the in 2010, but the cover came in handy last “Why not?” Sharapova said. “I mean, as player, most would tell you that tests Lights will be a near necessity because Olympic marathons at the Beijing Games, year, when the early part of the tourna- long as it doesn’t go too late.” have to be No. 1 and I have no different of the tight schedule. Early in the tourna- where rain disrupted the schedule, and ment was plagued by rain. (AP) opinion,” he said.